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American Housing Survey for the United States: 2001


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Table 6-2. Height and Condition of Building--Occupied Units With Hispanic Householder
[Numbers in thousands.  Consistent with the 1990 Census.  ... means not applicable or sample too small.  - means zero or rounds to zero.]
Housing unit characteristics
Tenure
Physical problems
Household characteristics
In MSAs
Urban
Rural
Regions
Total
occupied
units		 Owner Renter New con-
struction
4 years		 Manu-
factured/
mobile
homes		 Severe Moderate Elderly
(65 years
and over)		 Moved in
past year		 Below
poverty
level		 Total
occupied
units		 Central
cities		 Suburbs Outside
MSAs		 Total Outside
MSAs		 Total Suburbs Outside
MSAs		 Northeast Midwest South West

Total		 9814 4731 5083 408 438 319 715 1104 2333 1938 9814 4508 4498 808 8868 392 946 521 416 1488 749 3604 3973

Stories in Structure@18

1		 4511 2982 1528 159 0 94 342 634 862 835 4511 1902 2158 451 4065 240 446 230 211 33 104 2088 2287
2 2843 909 1934 158 0 72 201 196 882 498 2843 1315 1371 156 2648 89 195 127 68 330 290 953 1270
3 1141 405 736 46 0 50 75 99 322 207 1141 561 538 41 1073 22 68 49 19 447 269 230 194
4 to 6 672 129 543 4 0 66 66 79 144 176 672 507 156 9 663 4 9 4 5 500 38 86 47
7 or more 209 19 191 0 0 17 17 66 25 83 209 169 40 0 209 0 0 0 0 160 14 28 7

Stories Between Main and Apartment
Entrances

Multiunits, 2 or more floors		 3165 227 2938 87 0 187 308 277 1023 754 3165 1900 1181 84 3087 67 78 61 17 997 310 858 999
None (on same floor) 1103 97 1006 45 0 44 90 78 419 220 1103 592 457 55 1058 41 46 32 14 246 108 341 408
1 (up or down) 791 48 744 15 0 43 86 60 238 198 791 427 345 19 781 18 10 9 1 192 93 203 303
2 or more (up or down) 1270 82 1188 27 0 100 131 139 365 336 1270 881 379 10 1248 8 22 19 2 559 108 314 288

Common Stairways

Multiunits, 2 or more floors		 3165 227 2938 87 0 187 308 277 1023 754 3165 1900 1181 84 3087 67 78 61 17 997 310 858 999
No common stairways 168 11 156 9 0 13 6 13 57 41 168 82 69 17 154 14 13 10 3 28 19 51 70
With common stairways 2930 212 2718 78 0 174 299 254 953 698 2930 1783 1083 64 2866 50 64 51 14 954 283 793 900
No loose steps 2306 179 2127 70 0 112 196 199 767 518 2306 1388 861 56 2249 42 56 43 14 718 247 624 717
Railings not loose 1778 136 1642 59 0 75 133 153 575 397 1778 1062 676 40 1732 31 46 38 9 538 194 493 553
Railings loose 444 34 410 11 0 29 55 37 167 97 444 271 159 14 434 9 10 5 5 164 33 117 130
No railings 63 6 56 0 0 0 5 5 18 18 63 34 26 3 63 3 0 0 0 12 18 12 21
Status of railings not reported 20 2 18 0 0 7 3 3 7 5 20 20 0 0 20 0 0 0 0 3 2 3 13
Loose steps 625 34 591 7 0 62 103 55 187 180 625 395 222 8 617 8 8 8 0 236 36 168 184
Railings not loose 542 34 508 7 0 45 76 50 160 143 542 342 192 8 536 8 5 5 0 215 33 151 143
Railings loose 67 0 67 0 0 14 22 3 20 36 67 44 22 0 67 0 0 0 0 11 4 17 34
No railings 11 0 11 0 0 3 2 2 4 2 11 9 2 0 11 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 6
Status of railings not reported 5 0 5 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 5 0 5 0 2 0 3 3 0 5 0 0 0
Status of stairways not reported 66 3 64 0 0 0 2 11 12 14 66 34 29 3 66 3 0 0 0 15 7 15 29

Light Fixtures in Public Halls

2 or more units in structure		 3690 275 3415 103 0 199 367 334 1203 905 3690 2138 1425 127 3588 103 103 78 24 1004 327 1073 1287
No public halls 570 35 536 20 0 21 49 27 222 122 570 301 223 46 546 42 25 21 4 37 53 197 283
No light fixtures in public halls 103 5 98 4 0 5 20 5 50 40 103 49 46 8 103 8 0 0 0 2 2 39 59
All in working order 2581 210 2371 75 0 148 231 282 784 612 2581 1541 978 62 2503 42 78 58 20 856 249 722 754
Some in working order 91 1 90 0 0 11 3 0 26 28 91 59 32 0 91 0 0 0 0 28 5 14 44
None in working order 244 13 230 4 0 14 57 9 89 66 244 123 113 8 244 8 0 0 0 48 11 73 112
Not reported 101 11 90 0 0 0 7 10 33 37 101 64 33 4 101 4 0 0 0 32 6 28 35

Elevator on Floor

Multiunits, 2 or more floors		 3165 227 2938 87 0 187 308 277 1023 754 3165 1900 1181 84 3087 67 78 61 17 997 310 858 999
With 1 or more elevators working 478 43 434 6 0 37 39 106 89 142 478 353 124 0 478 0 0 0 0 293 23 97 64
With elevator, none in working condition 13 2 11 0 0 0 3 0 3 10 13 13 0 0 13 0 0 0 0 8 0 3 2
No elevator 2674 182 2492 80 0 149 266 171 931 601 2674 1534 1057 84 2596 67 78 61 17 697 286 758 933
Units 3 or more floors from main entrance 215 7 207 4 0 36 38 17 56 67 215 173 42 0 210 0 5 5 0 142 35 15 23

Foundation

1-unit building, excluding
manufactured/mobile homes		 5685 4168 1517 264 0 101 335 740 1031 895 5685 2316 2839 531 5071 252 615 332 279 466 388 2312 2519
With basement under all of building 750 558 192 19 0 14 20 64 145 106 750 333 359 57 674 21 76 40 36 317 225 85 122
With basement under part of building 263 200 63 8 0 9 9 58 37 39 263 106 130 27 230 9 34 15 18 69 75 38 81
With crawl space 1670 1237 433 34 0 43 203 228 256 280 1670 693 730 247 1439 104 231 88 143 25 42 664 939
On concrete slab 2956 2141 814 200 0 34 93 375 589 462 2956 1169 1596 191 2693 117 262 184 74 52 45 1509 1351
Other 47 32 15 4 0 0 10 16 4 8 47 15 23 8 35 0 12 4 8 3 1 17 26

External Building Conditions@1

Sagging roof		 298 131 166 7 25 24 42 28 66 89 298 158 103 37 262 13 36 12 24 38 27 142 92
Missing roofing material 504 223 281 14 11 40 68 64 118 142 504 265 180 59 462 34 41 16 25 72 37 216 179
Hole in roof 284 113 171 7 7 28 55 41 61 90 284 170 84 30 263 13 20 3 18 51 24 115 94
Missing bricks, siding, other outside
wall material		 454 183 271 16 14 32 78 45 99 119 454 239 166 49 410 19 44 14 30 45 40 202 167
Sloping outside walls 265 121 143 7 22 25 52 12 61 56 265 118 103 43 233 15 31 4 28 48 23 114 79
Boarded up windows 163 54 109 2 7 20 24 5 27 70 163 73 78 12 152 6 12 5 7 23 4 56 81
Broken windows 722 294 428 2 56 46 119 36 176 219 722 341 271 111 630 57 92 39 53 134 56 248 283
Bars on windows 1223 612 611 5 4 59 145 234 193 315 1223 814 395 14 1207 10 16 11 4 229 36 453 505
Foundation crumbling or has open crack
or hole		 331 138 193 4 25 28 69 19 77 102 331 187 95 50 301 33 30 14 16 52 25 141 113
None of the above 6667 3345 3322 376 334 166 355 710 1686 1137 6667 2750 3360 557 5941 263 726 424 295 877 543 2440 2807
Not reported 183 136 47 7 2 5 12 18 26 35 183 84 85 14 165 3 18 7 11 19 10 80 74

Site Placement

Manufactured/mobile homes		 438 288 151 41 438 19 13 30 98 139 438 54 234 150 209 37 229 111 113 18 33 220 168
First site 226 188 37 37 226 7 9 16 27 39 226 18 139 68 107 10 119 61 58 11 19 113 83
Moved from another site 63 48 16 4 63 4 0 3 6 28 63 8 29 26 14 0 49 19 26 5 3 29 27
Don't know 79 26 54 0 79 3 2 5 50 37 79 19 31 30 56 21 23 14 9 2 0 27 50
Not reported 70 26 44 0 70 5 3 5 16 36 70 9 34 26 32 6 38 18 20 0 12 51 7

Previous Occupancy

Unit built 1990 or later		 1143 760 383 408 96 5 12 90 311 150 1143 341 701 100 905 40 237 173 60 55 80 566 441
Not previously occupied 631 524 107 294 57 2 7 58 115 52 631 182 404 45 477 14 154 122 32 16 49 332 234
Not reported 25 11 14 10 5 0 0 0 9 16 25 11 8 5 17 1 8 4 4 6 0 16 3
@18Figures exclude manufactured/mobile homes.
@1Figures may not add to total because more than one category may apply to a unit.

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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Housing and Household Economic Statistics Division
Last Revised: February 18, 2005